Power Up coding classes

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Power Up coding classes Coding is the new Mandarin, the foreign language of future career opportunities. Power Up Tech Academy teaches computer programming to kids as young as 5 in a playful setting. "The awareness of coding as a 21st century skill set -- some say literacy -- is emerging rapidly in our education system, but the schools can only do so much with the time they have and the shortage of computer-science specialists," said Power Up founder Tamasin Ford, a software developer who couldn't find coding classes for her 10-year-old nephew. In April, Power Up moves into its new Kids Coding Center in Lincoln Park, starting classes for kindergartners through middle schoolers after CPS spring break. Children don't need to know how to read: Kindergartners (through second graders) use iPads and symbol-driven tools such as ScratchJr, Kodable and Lightbot Jr. Spring classes April 16-May 21 at Kids Coding Center, 1867 N. Clybourn Ave. (powerupta.com, 773-382-0778). Cost: $149 for six-week, one-hour classes.

Power Up coding classes Coding is the new Mandarin, the foreign language of future career opportunities. Power Up Tech Academy teaches computer programming to kids as young as 5 in a playful setting. "The awareness of coding as a 21st century skill set -- some say literacy -- is emerging rapidly in our education system, but the schools can only do so much with the time they have and the shortage of computer-science specialists," said Power Up founder Tamasin Ford, a software developer who couldn't find coding classes for her 10-year-old nephew. In April, Power Up moves into its new Kids Coding Center in Lincoln Park, starting classes for kindergartners through middle schoolers after CPS spring break. Children don't need to know how to read: Kindergartners (through second graders) use iPads and symbol-driven tools such as ScratchJr, Kodable and Lightbot Jr. Spring classes April 16-May 21 at Kids Coding Center, 1867 N. Clybourn Ave. (powerupta.com, 773-382-0778). Cost: $149 for six-week, one-hour classes. (Photo: Power Up Tech Academy)

Power Up coding classes Coding is the new Mandarin, the foreign language of future career opportunities. Power Up Tech Academy teaches computer programming to kids as young as 5 in a playful setting. "The awareness of coding as a 21st century skill set -- some say literacy -- is emerging rapidly in our education system, but the schools can only do so much with the time they have and the shortage of computer-science specialists," said Power Up founder Tamasin Ford, a software developer who couldn't find coding classes for her 10-year-old nephew. In April, Power Up moves into its new Kids Coding Center in Lincoln Park, starting classes for kindergartners through middle schoolers after CPS spring break. Children don't need to know how to read: Kindergartners (through second graders) use iPads and symbol-driven tools such as ScratchJr, Kodable and Lightbot Jr. Spring classes April 16-May 21 at Kids Coding Center, 1867 N. Clybourn Ave. (powerupta.com, 773-382-0778). Cost: $149 for six-week, one-hour classes.